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OMB Control No: 0920-0234	ICR Reference No: 202412-0920-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202210-0920-012
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CDC	Agency Tracking No: 0920-0234
Title: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: Yes
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/19/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/23/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2025
Responses	36,291	0	83,206
Time Burden (Hours)	19,606	0	37,744
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	36,291	83,206	-46,915
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	19,606	37,744	-18,138
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Currently there are 37,744 hours in the OMB inventory for NAMCS. The Program is requesting 22,107 total burden hours. The decreased sample size for the HC Component and the Provider Survey Component in the current NAMCS OMB package will decrease the requested burden by 15,637 hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $6,886,674

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

Agency Contact: Thelma Sims 4046394771